I read _Therapy_, I didn't like it much. (I've read a better book of his since.) It was some while ago and I can't remember enough to discuss it. I read the Roth, too. (I do remember that well.) I've avoided the Wolfe but may get around to it. Is Melancholy Baby the new one, without Susan Silverman? I probably won't be reading anything interesting this Christmas as I managed not to stock up on good books before the Great Shutdown! Judy --- Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 02:18 PM 12/24/2005, you wrote: > > >Why does no one want to discuss literature? > > Right now, I'm reading: > > I am charlotte simmons -- Tom wolfe > Platform -- Houellebecq > Melancholy Baby -- Robert B. Parker > A complicated Kindness -- Miriam toews > Therapy -- Jonathan Kellerman > How to Be a Canadian -- Will and Ian Ferguson > Philip Roth - The Plot against america > The Trouble with Islam -- Irshad Manji > and > The Road to Reality -- Roger Penrose > > I'm not nearly done any of them right now, but I > hope to get some quality > reading time in the next two weeks of relaxation. If > anyone else wants to > discuss any of these (other than the Penrose, since > it's a little BIG) I > could pull a hurry up and concentrate on it. > > Paul > ___________________________________________________________ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html